Developing new services : incorporating the voice of the customer into strategic service development /

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Author / Creator:Fisher, Caroline M., 1947-
Imprint:Milwaukee, Wis. : ASQ Quality Press, 2003.
Description:xvi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5089616
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Other authors / contributors:Schutta, James T., 1944-
ISBN:0873895851 (Hard cover, case binding : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Services
  • Internal Services
  • QFD for Services
  • The Purpose of This Book
  • Chapter 2. Voice of the Customer and Quality Function Deployment Overview
  • Part I. Voice of the Customer
  • Chapter 3. Understanding Consumer Choice Decisions
  • Attributes and Consequences
  • Compensatory Decision-Making Model
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 4. Voice of the Customer
  • Interviews
  • Focus Groups
  • The Modified Kano Model
  • Other Sources of Data
  • Organizing the Customer Voice
  • Finding and Adding Missing Consequences
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercise
  • Chapter 5. The Importance of Importance
  • Importance Ratings
  • Basics of Measurement
  • Alternative Importance Scales
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercise
  • Chapter 6. Customer Competitive Analysis
  • Competitive Ratings
  • Competitive Comparison
  • Verifying Your Data
  • Placement in the Quality House
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercise
  • Part II. Technical Requirements (QFD)
  • Chapter 7. Technical Characteristics
  • Generating the Technical Requirements
  • Organizing the Technical Information
  • Customer Design Matrix Log
  • Developing the Quality House
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 8. The Critical Relationships
  • Determination of Requirements
  • Determination of Relationships between Consequences and Requirements
  • Analyzing the Technical Matrix
  • Development of Measures
  • Setting Optimal Levels
  • Technical Competitive Analysis
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 9. Technical Competitive Analysis
  • Customer Competitive Assessment
  • Technical Competitive Analysis
  • Comparing the Competitive Analyses
  • Marketing and Sales Analysis
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 10. Technical Correlations and Trade-offs
  • Technical Correlations for the Roof of the Quality House
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 11. Other Items to Consider in the Quality House
  • Customer Complaint Column
  • Priority Column
  • Direction of Improvement
  • The Sales Improvement Column
  • Relative Importance of Technical Requirements
  • Customer Matrix
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Chapter 12. Matrices for Parts, Processes, and Supplier Needs
  • Process Specifications
  • Parts Parameters
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercises
  • Part III. Strategic Applications
  • Chapter 13. Using Your Results for Strategic Decisions
  • Prioritizing Resource Allocations
  • Value to the Customer
  • Market Segmentation
  • Brand Positioning
  • The Doctor's Office
  • Exercise
  • Chapter 14. An Example: A Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service
  • Voice of the Customer
  • Importance and Competitive Analysis
  • Technical Requirements
  • Developing Service Processes
  • Selecting Marketing Priorities and Strategies
  • Chapter 15. Making the Business Case
  • Cost Savings
  • Cycle-Time Reduction
  • Customer Satisfaction, Retention, and Loyalty
  • Lifetime Value of a Customer
  • Increased Sales
  • Greater Profits
  • Strategic Competitive Advantage
  • Chapter 16. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Cause-and-Effect (Fishbone) Diagram
  • Appendix B. Designed Experiments
  • Appendix C. Tree Diagram
  • Appendix D. Benchmarking
  • Appendix E. Block Diagrams
  • Appendix F. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Process
  • Appendix G. ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2000 and ISO/TS 16949
  • Appendix H. The Six Sigma Process
  • Appendix I. Answers to Chapter Exercises
  • Additional References
  • Index